 |
|
|
On Wednesday, October 14, 1998, Brøderbund
summarily revoked my FTMTECH-L subscription over the following posting.
Only the referenced user's name has been changed, in the interest of privacy.
| Subject: Re: Facts
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:30:28 -0400 From: Rod Dav4is <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] References: 1 The answer is "No". It is quite amazing how the lack of this ability is soon felt by nearly every user, while the program owner remains obstinate in their own world of denial on this point. It is difficult to believe that the designers could overlook such an obvious requirement. I guess that the tower view differs from the perspective down here in the trenches. -R. [user name] wrote: > Is there a way for the program
to arrange the "facts" in chronological order
|
Background:
With version 5.0, BB introduced an "Unlimited Facts" feature, wherein users could define an unlimited number of "Facts" where they had previously been limited to 13. These facts could be used for such things as dates for baptisms and burials, along with the conventional "birth" and "death" dates. Incredibly, BB provided no way to list these in chronological order. They can only be reported in alphabetic order by their labels, leading to silliness like Baptism preceding "Birth", etc. This lack has been a "hot topic" since shortly after release, but BB has never stepped up to the podium and admitted that they may have forgotten something here.
Moral:
Caution would certainly be advised when complaining about BB policies or products on the Mail List. If FTM has trashed the 6 years of work represented in your FTW file, be sure to maintain a cheery and positive attitude when communicating this on FTMTECH-L.
Rod Dav4is»Back to FTM Tips & FAQ
20 Oct 1998
|
|
|